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2022 is expected to be a milestone year for nature. COP15 aims to finalize a new Global Framework for Biodiversity. For the first time, business-specific targets are included in the draft framework.

As a U.S. Plastics Pact Activator, Pure Strategies is committed to helping businesses transition to a more circular economy, such as increasing the use of post-consumer recycled (PCR) plastic in packaging.

The U.S. Plastics Pact aims to realize a new path for plastic packaging by 2025, one that is more circular. The group has been working since late 2020 to plan and take the first steps toward this big ambition.

A hidden challenge with plastic strategies is a lack of clarity about what materials are considered plastic and preferred solutions.

Pure Strategies is excited to offer a unique opportunity for students, recent graduates, and early-stage professionals that are interested in a career in corporate sustainability, especially those with identities underrepresented in the field of corporate sustainability, to participate in a four-month long formal mentoring program.

We need to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. Companies have been exploring this aim, but without clear guidance, there have been different approaches with various degrees of robustness. So, the Science Based Targets Initiative developed guidance to provide a science-based standard for net-zero targets.

An allied approach to sustainable sourcing shifts from a transactional arrangement to more of a partnership where risk and costs of improving environmental and social outcomes are shared.

By following three key steps, businesses can develop goals and follow actions to support the restoration of biodiversity, a move that has benefits for both business and nature.

The TAZO Tree Corps will launch Spring 2021 and work to help combat climate change in the most impacted communities across the country.

Science Based Targets Network (SBTN) has launched the Initial Guidance for Business: Corporate Action for a Net-Zero, Nature-Positive Future.

How to overcome common challenges with reaching beyond scopes 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions - to address scope 3 - and set meaningful science-based targets for climate.

Sustainable packaging is a keystone issue for corporate sustainability. When we look ahead, are we on the path to a circular and sustainable system for packaging?

Companies are increasing the diversity of foods used to not just deliver flavor and a unique sales angle, but to also support more resilient and sustainable production. 

With rising demand for plastic, little recycled content and poor recycling rates, companies need to look carefully at their packaging strategies to ensure improvement of packaging design, recycling systems, and consumer engagement in recycling.

There is more demand than ever to advance safer chemicals programs at your company. One proven way to help get on the right course is through benchmarking to create a baseline that lets you compare your performance against other firms’ chemicals management practices.

Best practices companies are taking to get closer to the farm while advancing critical sustainability aims and gaining valuable business benefits.

The Pure Strategies report - Connecting to the Farm - outlines best practices that companies across industries can leverage to help realize cost savings, reduced risk, and new growth opportunities while building more sustainable agricultural systems with their supply chain partners.

There is a concerted and growing effort to improve our land’s soil health. The U.S. Department of Agriculture spurred this shift with financial incentives for farmers through the Conservation Stewardship Program and Environmental Quality Incentives Program, among others, which require them to reduce soil loss on erosion-prone land and protect wetlands.